General views of docks. Ships at quayside, unloading /loading .
People queuing at Clydeside docks to board the QE2 and footage of the 'Vancouver Forest' ship being manouevered on river by tugs.
Various methods of transport including single decker and double decker buses in Edinburgh, a "Mother's Pride" truck collecting grain in Glasgow, cart horses at the Glasgow docks and a tractor being us...
Follows the journey of the S.S. 'Oxfordshire' from Glasgow to Liverpool docks.
Clyde docks and various vessels on the river including the "Mauretania", and the "Queen Mary" leaving the Clyde after fitting out.
The film emphasises the pre-war uniqueness of Britain, rich, insular, with a strong trading position and a free democracy united under the constitutional monarchy. The only pre-war violence comes in t...